GSD Course Bulletin - Spring 2014 - SES-05302-00

COURSE DETAILS

Instructor(s)

Jose Gomez-Ibanez

Course Description

Provides an overview of the issues involved in transportation policy and planning, as well as an introduction to the skills necessary for solving the various analytic and managerial problems that are peculiar to this area. The course is organized around seven problems: (1) analyzing the market for a service; (2) costing and pricing; (3) operations management; (4) controlling congestion and pollution; (5) transport and land use; (6) investment evaluation; and (7) the regulation of private carriers. Examples are drawn from both urban and inter-city passenger and freight transportation. One-quarter of the classes are lectures, and three-quarters are case discussions. Prerequisite: Microeconomics at the level of GSD-5203 is assumed. (Listed at HKS as SUP-651)